Growing up having dinner together every night, and breakfast on Sundays was a big deal. We tried very hard to alway keep up with this. Of course we all grew up and had our own thing going. However, family meals was a value I took with me when I began my own family.
We work contradicting schedules and all meals don't always happen as a family. I have eaten plenty of meals alone on the table, or over the kitchen sink while browsing Facebook or Instagram. Now that we have our own place and are settling into home life once again we make it our business to have AT LEAST one meal a day as a family. Somedays it's breakfast others dinner, and other days it may not be any because one of us is missing.
I find this time though very sacred. Our phones are not in site, and the TV is off. Some music may be playing, but for the most part we just enjoy each other. We talk and laugh about the silliness of our boys, but that time brings us closer. I hope that like me, my boys take this value with them when they decide to begin their own family.
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